Connecticut DH Conference at Trinity College (February 28-29, 2020)
The Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference will take place at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut on February 28-29, 2020.
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New England Humanities Consortium DH Retreat (August 2019)
The New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC) sponsored the Digital Humanities Island Retreat on August 23–25 at the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Text Mining Harry Potter with Two UConn Grad Students
For their final project for the “Introduction to Digital Humanities” graduate seminar in Spring 2019, Rebecca Rowe and Tolonda Henderson, both graduate students in English, collaborated on a project, Authorial Influence and Harry Potter Fan Fiction.
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Apr
20
Human Rights Film+Series: Intentions7:00pm
Human Rights Film+Series: Intentions
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Other Virtual
UConn Human Rights Film+Series in partnership with PBS Frontline presents Intentions by Tanju Ozdemir, UConn Digital Media and Design Faculty.
Please join us for a virtual film screening followed by an engaged dialogue with the filmmaker and community partners.
Please register here:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b25-qqqLS4uAaUZlMcmpHA
About the Film: Intentions is a narrative short film about a gathering of three Turkish couples (one settled in the U.S.) at a dinner table discussing the notion of hospitality and racism within the framework of the current Syrian refugee crisis and Afro-Turks in Turkey.
About the Filmmaker: Tanju Ozdemir is a Turkish filmmaker who writes and directs films that study the complexities of human relationships, dreams, memories, and the contemporary experiences of life. Tanju received his M.F.A. in Film and Media Art from Emerson College (USA) in 2017. He teaches film and video production courses as an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut. He actively continues writing, directing, and producing his films.
For more information visit the Human Rights Film+ Series website. If you are an individual who requires accommodation to participate, please e-mail: dodd@uconn.edu. -
Apr
21
Simon Burrows, "Enlightenment In Ledgers: Digitally Mapping The French Book Trade"6:30pm
Simon Burrows, "Enlightenment In Ledgers: Digitally Mapping The French Book Trade"
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Other, Other online
Simon Burrows (Western Sydney) will present on "Enlightenment in Ledgers: Digitally Mapping the French Book Trade".
Registration for this event is online, via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/133021299287
This event is sponsored by the Digital Humanities and Media Studies initiatuve at the UConn Humanities Institute -
Apr
23
ECOM Speaker Series: Emeritus Professor Peter Gardenfors12:00pm
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Apr
23
Hispanic/Latinx Antifascism And The Spanish Republican Cause In The United States, 1936-197712:00pm
Hispanic/Latinx Antifascism And The Spanish Republican Cause In The United States, 1936-1977
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Storrs Campus Zoom
Please join us for an exciting UConn History Department event, “Hispanic/Latinx Antifascism and the Spanish Republican Cause in the United States, 1936-1977.”
The panel will meet on Friday, April 23rd from 12:00-1:15 PM EST. This talk will be on Zoom and will include panelists Dr. Ariel Mae Lambe (Assistant Professor of History at the University of Connecticut), Dr. Cristina Pérez Jiménez (Assistant Professor of English at Manhattan College), and Dr. Montse Feu (Associate Professor of Spanish at Sam Houston State University).
Dr. Chris Vials, Professor of English and Director of American Studies at the University of Connecticut, will serve as moderator and commentator. All are welcome.
For more information about the talk, contact the event's organizer, Dr. Ariel Mae Lambe (ariel.lambe@uconn.edu).
Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Here is the link for registration:
https://tinyurl.com/LatinxAntifascism
